|
87,605 km2 total territory
56,538 km2 land surface
area
31,067 km2 sea surface
area
Mainland Coastline:
1,778 km
No. of Islands: 1,185
(66 inhabited)
Capital: Zagreb (930,000
inhabitants)
'000
|
1991 |
| Total |
4,784 |
| Female |
2,465 |
| Male |
2,319 |
|
GDP,
bn USD (estimated)
|
2000
|
19.2
|
|
GDP per capita,
USD (estimated)
|
2000
|
4,214
|
|
Population,
million (estimated)
|
|
4.6
|
|
Industrial
production (%)
|
2000/
|
1.7
|
|
Inflation rate
(%)
|
2000/99
|
6.2
|
|
Unemployment
rate (%)
|
2000
|
21.2**
|
|
Exports, mil
USD
|
2000
|
4,432
|
|
Imports, mil
USD
|
2000
|
7,923
|
|
Current account,
mil USD
|
1-9, 2000
|
-531
|
|
Central budget
balance (% of GDP, estimated)
|
2000
|
-3.9
|
|
Average monthly
gross wage, USD
|
2000
|
588.3
|
|
Exchange rate
HRK:USD
|
2000
|
8.276560
|
|
Exchange rate
HRK:DEM
|
2000
|
3.903789
|
|
Exchange rate
HRK:EUR
|
2000
|
7.635148
|
|
CNB's discount
rate (%)
|
2000
|
5.9
|
|
CNB's foreign
exchange rate reserves, mil USD
|
2000
|
3,524.8
|
*
Ministry of Finance estimate
**preliminary data
Source: Croatian Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Croatian
National Bank (CNB), Ministry of Finance (MF)
|
No. of active
companies (January-September 2000)
|
56,519
|
|
No. of registered
banks
|
43
|
|
Total no. of
employees (5/2000)
|
1,053,260
|
| AGRICULTURE,
FISHING, FORESTRY AND THE FOOD INDUSTRY |
Various types of
climate, relief and soil are favourable for the production
of a wide range of agricultural products, from field and industrial
crops to vineyards, continental and Mediterranean fruits and
vegetables. Agriculture and fishing generate 7.1% of Croatian
GDP.
The Croatian industrial sector
is intensively changing and the effects of the full scale
and strategically thought out restructuring of this sector
are evident in many areas. Namely, from privatisation to the
strengthening of exports to western markets, development of
new products and innovations to existing products and manufacturing
processes, to increasing the level and standardisation of
quality, satisfying environmental protection conditions, reaching
cost effectiveness, etc.
NO.
OF TOURISTS AND TOURIST OVERNIGHTS IN 1999
|
No.
of Tourists
|
Overnights
|
|
TOTAL
|
6,619,684
|
38,405,930
|
|
Domestic
|
1,282,035
|
5,098,522
|
|
Foreign
|
5,337,649
|
33,307,408
|
|
Country
|
No,
of Tourists
|
Overnights
|
|
Germany
|
919,789
|
7,597,881
|
|
Italy
|
886,461
|
4,360,507
|
|
Slovenia
|
818,868
|
4,968,383
|
|
Czech Republic
|
697,521
|
4,713,186
|
|
Austria
|
511,896
|
3,159,151
|
| BUILDING
AND CONSTRUCTION |
In 2000 Croatian building and
construction, an important national industry, employed 65,200
employees in 11,360 companies. The total value of construction
contracts carried out abroad amounted to 135 million USD,
98% of which was earned in Europe. In 1999, 12,175 flats (apartments)
with a total area of 1,043,329 square metres were built, which
corresponds to the average construction level in the previous
three years.
Utility services are regulated
by the Utility Services Act (Official Gazette, NN 36/95),
which stipulates the principles, conducting and financing
of utility services. Utility services are performed as a public
service.
LEVEL
OF EDUCATION IN LEGAL ENTITIES
(31st
March 1999)
| Level
of education |
Structure
(%) |
| Two-year
post-secondary school and university qualifications |
22.24% |
| Secondary school qualifications |
36.71% |
| Highly skilled and
skilled workers |
21.43% |
| Others |
19.62% |
| Total: |
100.0% |
|
ECONOMIC PROFILE